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[ArneHD]

After conquering Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia my stability was at -3, that's to say, no mercants and rebelions everywhere. Then, in 1524, began the protestant revolution in Poland, Bavaria and Navarra (LOL) and protestantism spreaded fast in my iberian territories. I had no income at all and a chaotic country. That's why Austria and Denmark conquered Mali and Songhai before I could reach that region.

In my current game, I've been REALLY lucky: I, as Norway, Inherited Lithuania, the big one you see in the beginning, made bigger by conquest. I was able to establish a Baltic kingdom stretching down into the Caucasus. And I grabbed Mali and Songhai. Life is good.

 

[Winner]

In my current game, I've been REALLY lucky: I, as Norway, Inherited Lithuania, the big one you see in the beginning, made bigger by conquest. I was able to establish a Baltic kingdom stretching down into the Caucasus. And I grabbed Mali and Songhai. Life is good.

Should I post my Bohemian Empire from my last Magna Mundi game?

 

[holy king]

damn is this game complicated and BIG...

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

marzipan europe!

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Marzipan is the coolest food ever.

EDIT: No love for Estonia? Yeekim will be pissed.

 

[West 36]

I think it's there, just hard to see. Looks tasty. I'd love to take a chunk out of that Europe, even if it could look a bit better

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

It is there. Just really squashed-up like.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Ah, I love the smell of Europe in the morning!

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Al-Bion, Al-Lemania and Al-Italia are simply priceless!

Alemania is the Arabic name for Germany. It means "land of the Alemanni."

 

[Jan H]

If the green is Belgium, then what happened to the Netherlands? Did you eat it?

marzipan europe!

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Nah, Belgium's the orange marzipan piece under the Netherlands.

 

[Mirc]

Alemania is the Arabic name for Germany. It means "land of the Alemanni."

That's good to know. I knew (since longer than I can remember) that it is the name for Germany in French and Italian (who also call German-related things "tedesc(o/a/hi)" though, depending on gender and number), I didn't know whether the Arabic name is derived from Germannia, Alemanni, Tedeschi (?) or Nemci/Nemtsi like in Slavic languages.

The joke is still good even though less so when you know it is related to the actual Arab name of the country.

 

[Jan H]

Nah, Belgium's the orange marzipan piece under the Netherlands.

I thought that was Luxemburg
(Belgium does have coast line! although it's only 30 km long)

 

[Rossiya]

That's good to know. I knew (since longer than I can remember) that it is the name for Germany in French and Italian (who also call German-related things "tedesc(o/a/hi)" though, depending on gender and number), I didn't know whether the Arabic name is derived from Germannia, Alemanni, Tedeschi (?) or Nemci/Nemtsi like in Slavic languages.

The joke is still good even though less so when you know it is related to the actual Arab name of the country.

Is "Nemci" synonymous with the term "invader"?

 

[RedRalph]

In my current game, I've been REALLY lucky: I, as Norway, Inherited Lithuania, the big one you see in the beginning, made bigger by conquest. I was able to establish a Baltic kingdom stretching down into the Caucasus. And I grabbed Mali and Songhai. Life is good.

Hmmm.... I have no intest in creating a supergigantic unmanagable empire, I sort of like to keep it realistic enough. So I dont turn on friends just to add provinces. More fun to me when its somewhat realistic.

 

[Mirc]

Is "Nemci" synonymous with the term "invader"?

I always wondered whether the etymology was "one that speaks an unintelligible language" or derived from the name of the Germanic tribe of the "Nemetes".

Personally, I think the similarity between the name Nemci/Nemtsi/Nemti and various words meaning "mute" or "none" are simply a coincidence, and the name is derived from the tribe, but I really don't know. It's just what seems more plausible to me (as most of the other names for Germany are derived from such "tribe" names).

 

[Lone Wolf]

I've read that in Russia, the word "Nemetz" originally meant foreginer, and came from an ancient word which meant "to speak unintelligibly", which is related to various words meaning "mute".

 

[Steph]

That's good to know. I knew (since longer than I can remember) that it is the name for Germany in French and Italian (who also call German-related things "tedesc(o/a/hi)" though, depending on gender and number)

In French it's "Allemagne", and Germans are "Allemands"

 

[warpus]

In Polish it's Niemcy.. and Nie means no.

I never noticed that before, but that's a bit negative right there..

 

[Yoda Power]

In Danish, Germany is called Tyskland for some reason.